Roger Downs To Receive the 2017 AAG Presidential Achievement Award
Roger M. Downs, professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University, will receive the 2017 AAG Presidential Achievement Award, which honors individuals for their long-term, major contributions to the discipline. Past President Sarah Witham Bednarz will confer the award during the close of her Past President's Address at the AAG annual meeting in Boston. She remarked, “Downs…
Audrey Kobayashi Selected for AAG Presidential Achievement Award
The AAG Presidential Award is given with the purpose of recognizing individuals for their long-term, major contributions to geography. The Past President has the honor of bestowing this distinction on behalf of the discipline and the association. Kobayashi This year, Past President Mona Domosh will confer the 2016 award to Audrey Kobayashi during the AAG Past…
Diana Liverman Selected for AAG Presidential Achievement Award
Diana Liverman for her extraordinary contributions to understanding the human dimensions of global change, including the impacts of climate on society and issues of equity and climate change, and for her leadership roles in numerous boundary organizations, including Future Earth, that strengthen partnerships with scientists, policymakers and stakeholders to promote regional and global sustainability. The…